Whaleboat Island Marine Provincial Park
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Whaleboat Island Marine Provincial Park
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| location | British Columbia (Canada) | |
| surface | 11 ha | |
| WDPA ID | 65470 | |
| Geographical location | 49 ° 4 ' N , 123 ° 42' W | |
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| Setup date | 5th November 1981 | |
| administration | BC parks | |
| particularities | Marine reserve | |
The Whaleboat Iceland Marine Provincial Park is a small provincial park in Canada's British Columbia . The marine reserve was established in 1981, is around 11 hectares in size and is only accessible by boat. The park is off the east coast of Vancouver Island and is in the Cowichan Valley Regional District . It is one of the smallest marine provincial parks in British Columbia.
investment
The sanctuary is located on a small island in the southern Gulf Islands and is about 25 km as the crow flies east-northeast of the town of Ladysmith . Immediately west of the island is Ruxton Island and south of Pylades Island and a little further east of Valdes Island . The protected area includes the water areas within the protected area boundaries, as well as Whaleboat Island . It includes the entire island as well as the surrounding waters. Of the 11 hectares of protected area, 4 hectares are land and 7 hectares are water and tidal beaches.
The park is a category II protected area ( national park ).
history
As with almost all provincial parks in British Columbia, it is also true that long before the area was settled by European immigrants or it was part of a park, it was a hunting and fishing area of various First Nations tribes , here the Lyackson .
Before the island became a nature reserve, its name was Eagle Island .
Flora and fauna
British Columbia's ecosystem is divided into different biogeoclimatic zones using the Biogeoclimatic Ecological Classification (BEC) Zoning System . Biogeoclimatic zones are characterized by a fundamentally identical or very similar climate and the same or very similar biological and geological conditions. This results in a very similar population of plants and animals in the respective zones. Within this system, the park area is assigned to the Coastal Douglas Fir Zone with the Moist Maritime Subzone .
There are no stocks of larger and older trees on the island, as there was a booming timber industry on the islands in the 1940s and this island was also completely cut down.
Cliff oystercatchers and pigeon duck breed on the island . Small marine islands such as Whaleboat Island are important habitats as, due to their isolated location and size, they are usually not inhabited by larger land predators. Predators found here are seals , California sea lions or Steller sea lions .
Neighboring parks
There are other provincial parks in the vicinity of this park. To the north-northwest of the park, on neighboring De Courcy Island , is the Pirates Cove Marine Provincial Park . And on the northern tip of Valdes Island is Wakes Cove Provincial Park .
activities
The park has no tourist infrastructure. Although it is strictly forbidden in provincial parks, wild camping and making fires are permitted in some places.
See also
Web links
- Whaleboat Island Marine Provincial Park . In: BC Geographical Names (English)
- Whaleboat Island Marine Provincial Park In: The park's English-language website at BC Parks
- Information to the park on britishcolumbia.com (Engl.)
Individual evidence
- ↑ World Database on Protected Areas - Whaleboat Island Marine Provincial Park (English)
- ↑ Biogeoclimatic Zones of British Columbia. British Columbia Ministry of Forests, Lands and Natural Resource Operations , accessed May 19, 2016 .
- ^ Provincial Park - Purpose Statement and Zoning Plan. (PDF; 282.73 kB) British Columbia Ministry of Environment, Lands and Parks , August 2003, accessed April 1, 2016 (English).
- ^ Ecosystems of British Columbia. (PDF; 9.85 MB) British Columbia Ministry of Forests, Lands and Natural Resource Operations, February 1991, accessed April 1, 2016 .